Thank you Bryan McCloud for the Night Fury's name! Now I need one for the baby dragon.
Night Fury's POV
I looked around in a void similar to the one I was in before, Was I dreaming? It took me a few seconds but I remembered that the Chronicler had the ability to control dreams. So by that logic he must be trying to reach me, Better not give him a hard time then. I took some deep breaths in an effort to calm down, and it paid off. I saw movement to my left and turned to watch him appear out of the dream like fog. Now that I no longer saw just his outline I could confirm that it was Ignitus. Even though the new color still did throw me off a little. I lowered my head as the dragon equivalent of bowing. He placed his claw on my shoulder, I was actually Intimidated by his size compared to mine. "Come, there is something I'd like to talk to you about." He said in a voice that sounded powerful yet calming at the same time. I followed him closely behind. His tail swung back and forth, and accidently got me in the nose. He looked back at me with a small embarrassed grin on his face, I smiled too. Soon we came to what looked like a study with a pool in the center. He turned to face me as one of the books left it's place on the shelf and opened in front of him.
"Despite my hardest efforts, I can not find out how you came here. No prophecies, no foretellings, nothing." He explained while at first I was disappointed since it all seemed bad news, but I was thankful for the fact that there wasn't a prophecy of me causing havoc or reawakening Malefor or somthing like that.
"On the other hand I have learned a few things about your current form I believe you will find interesting." He continued, I nodded my head for him to continue. "I have learned that you are a different kind of dragon than those in this realm, Therefor you have advantages and weaknesses you should be aware of." He told me that I was Immune to fire, earth, fear, and shadow. But extra weak to ice and electricity. My energy blasts were pretty much overkill in any situation, especially in a dive, but I had only eight blasts a night and that my blasts were not based on magic so green crystals did nothing for me. Red crystals did have an effect, but it would take a while for the effects to show. When I asked him on a scale of one to ten how much damage I could take and give in a fight he told me that my health would be at a 7 and my normal attacks would be at a 3 but I had a very high probability to get a critical hit that would be a 8 or 9.
Afterwards he told me that he was proud of my actions with the egg and that I would've made a fine guardian. He showed me the exit. "If it helps you in your research, my name is Brian." I explained as I walked to the door before stopping and looking back at him, "And Ignitus, two young dragons could really use a father right about now." and with that, I exited.
Spyro's POV
I woke up earlier than I normally did and walked into the main room. I hope that by showing the Guardians the crater, we could find the monster that made it and stop it's rampage. The fire crackled again driving my thoughts back to Ignitus. I didn't want to put up with it so I stepped outside. The sun was starting to come up over the horizon, It was a beautiful dawn even better than normal. I felt a cool breeze blow into my face. As much as I wish I could stay here and enjoy the peace and quiet, I needed to wake Cynder and Sparx up so we could meet the guardians. Sparx was easy to wake up, but Cynder liked her privacy. I stood in front of the curtain that served as a door. "Cynder, get up." I spoke calmly, I heard rustling inside as well as a thump. I heard her breath heavily as she recovered. I didn't mean to scare her like that. Cynder came out from behind the curtain and before either of us realised it, our noses were touching. We both jumped back and looked away. At least I did so she couldn't see me blush. "I-I'm sorry I didn't mean to scare you awake like that." I stuttered trying to change the subject. She looked at me confused for a moment before smiling. "No, Thank you" Cynder replied, "I was having nightmares, Thank you for waking me out of it." "Either way we better get going. We need to show the guardians that crater." I finished this conversation as we took off to meet the guardians.
Cynder's POV
Spyro and I flew towards the mountain pass to meet with the guardians. As much as I tried not to, I kept thinking about my nightmare: I was in the valley of Avalar during a starless night. Rain pounded at the ground washing away the topsoil and making the ground mud. I looked around trying to find shelter when I felt something on my feet, the mud turned black and started to grab at my feet trapping me. As I tried to break free, the mud turned into shackles made of dark magic, as an evil laugh filled the air. More of the black mud piled up in front of me turning into two dragons: A limp, bleeding, defeated, Spyro in front of Malafor. Lightning struck as he laughed and began torturing me. "You always were my slave Cynder, and you will always will be." His voice echoed in my head as I struggled to get free, but held prisoner by the chains I was helpless. Lightning struck again and Malefor disappeared. his laughter was replaced by a terrifying screech as I saw a black monster dive in on me. That's when Spyro woke me up. I was horrified at the thought of being helpless against Malefor, and that black monster.
"Cynder, are you OK? Your breathing too fast." Spyro's voice broke me out of my thoughts.
"I think so," I replied, "I just can't get my nightmare out of my head." I explained. "Do you want to talk about it?" Spyro asked, I saw that he was concerned for me. And I was thankful for that, While most people said I was formerly the dark master's second in command as the terror of the skies, Spyro was one of the few who stood up for me stating that I was a manipulated victim of Malefor's dark magic.
Before I could answer I felt extremely dizzy all of the sudden, And I blacked out.
Spyro's POV
When I came around I realized that I was in the Chronicler's realm. I saw movement to my right, I expected to see the Chronicler, but instead found Cynder coming around. Why did the Chronicler summon both of us? "Spyro, where are we?" Cynder asked. "The Chronicler must of called both of us here for some reason." I explained as I looked around for a sign.
"You are correct young dragon," My heart skipped a beat, Did I just hear who I thought I heard? I saw his shadow, then heard his footsteps, and then I saw him. "Ignitus!" Cynder and I screamed at the same time as we ran up and hugged him. He chuckled and hugged us back. It was really him! And now he's the Chronicler! " We've missed you so much!" Cynder cried, then I realised that I was crying as well. But I didn't care! He was alive!
"Come, There is something I need to tell you about that crater." Ignitus explained as the void around us changed into the study. But instead of the giant hourglass, a reflecting pool sat in the center. We walked over to the pool and looked into the image:
Cynder's POV
The pool showed the valley of Avalar, It then zoomed in to a really thick part of the forest and revealed a cave. It zoomed inside the cave and showed a small fire, a half eaten deer and a black creature. The same black creature from my nightmare! I almost screamed but I saw something move by the monster. A hatchling? But what happened next no one could of guessed: The hatchling crawled up and snuggled into the black creature! "But that THING is from my nightmare! How is it not evil? And how did it get a hold of the hatchling?" I panicked. "Cynder, your nightmare was the result of Malefor's last attempt to control you." Ignitus explained, "When he was defeated he knew that he couldn't enslave you so he used the last of his magic to curse you into having nightmares that would torture you with your worst fears. And deceive you as well." Torturing me from the grave huh? "As for that dragon, you should see what happened two nights ago." Ignitus explained as the reflecting pool shifted to show how it came to the fire dragon's plea for help. It made its entrance with some sort of an orb that created the crater. and that the fire dragon entrusted it with it's egg. All of the sudden I wasn't afraid of this dragon anymore. the reflecting pool changed to show it talking to Ignitus. (Brian's POV up above) As it exited it turned back. "And Ignitus, two young dragons could really use a father right about now." it spoke. "Ignitus, can we trust him?" Spyro asked, "Yes, But I should warn you: He believes that the hatchling is his responsibility. So he will probably attack you when you approach it for the first time." Ignitus replied as we were sent back to the real world.